After a year marked by health struggles and preventative chemotherapy treatment, a royal expert has said that Kate Middleton and her family have "pulled together as a unit"

In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the British royal family gave us an abundance of holiday cards (Meghan Markle's was particularly noteworthy), a caroling concert hosted by Kate Middleton and the reveal of the hardest working royal of 2024.

George, 11, Charlotte, 9, and Louis, 6, walked alongside their parents Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales, as members of Britain's royal family made their way into St. Mary Magdalene Church for their traditional Christmas Day service.

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis joined Kate Middleton, Prince William, King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the royal family's annual Christmas walk in Sandringham Dec. 25.

Prince William recently shared a lighthearted anecdote about an unusual gift he once gave to his wife, Kate Middleton, during the early days of their relationship—a pair of binoculars.In an interview,

In addition to Charles and Camilla and William and Kate and their children, other royal family members who celebrate Christmas at Sandringham include Charles's sister, Princess Anne, and youngest brother Prince Edward, and their spouses, children and in the case of Anne, grandchildren.

The Prince and Princess of Wales have plenty to celebrate this year, as Middleton returned to her royal duties after her cancer battle and abdominal surgery.

The royal family gathered at Sandringham to celebrate the holiday, even as Prince Harry and Prince Andrew sat out the festivities.

Kate — who previously admitted that “Everybody teases me in the family that I spend far too long chatting” — had much to discuss with well-wishers on Dec. 25